Ask Little Four Eyes: doll with an eye patch
This question comes from Andrea. Her 2.5 year old daughter just started wearing a patch. She’s looking for suggestions of where to find a doll with an eye patch.
Category Archives: toddlers with glasses
Great Glasses Play Day 2015 coming up soon!
I apologize for not posting much recently. There’s been news recently in understanding some of the underlying causes of the increase in myopia, and in the treatment of amblyopia that I […]
News: the Great Glasses Play Day and a fantastic giveaway
Two quick things: The Great Glasses Play Day The 2015 Great Glasses Play Day is the first weekend in May — that’s coming up soon! We have over two dozen […]
Seven years later
This winter, we hit Zoe’s 7 year glassesversary. In some ways, it seems like only yesterday I was trying desperately to get my young toddler to leave her glasses on, […]
Videos of babies getting glasses for the first time… and seeing!
Need a pick me up? Videos of babies and young kids getting glasses — and seeing — for the first time always make my day. So here’s four great videos of […]
Guest post – A parents’ guide to choosing glasses that fit your child
In the For Little Eyes facebook group, the question of whether glasses fit a child well comes up often, and Melony has become known as one of our experts, based […]
Crowdfunding projects: a children’s book and computer game
Ever since my book project was funded on Kickstarter (almost exactly a year ago now), I try to keep an eye out (pun intended) for other crowdfunded projects that would […]
World Sight Day 2014: No More Avoidable Blindness
Today is World Sight Day 2014. World Sight Day is a day of global awareness of vision issues, the call to action for this year is one that’s near to […]
Glasses Board Book giveaway!!!
Some glasses are red, Some glasses are blue, I think your glasses look great on you! – excerpt from Glasses, a board book I’m thrilled that Peeps Eyewear and Eye Power Kids […]
Milestones to celebrate when you have a child in glasses
Recently, Zoe had an eye appointment and we heard something we’d never heard before: “come back in a year.” A year?!? Zoe has never in her life gone a full […]
Your stories – the benefits of a second opinion
Many, many thanks to Laura from Oakland Avenue Blog for writing about her experiences with her son getting glasses, and their choice to get a second opinion. I’ve always recommended […]
Frequently asked question: what does my child see? A few vision simulators with caveats
There’s a cliche of “looking through your eyes” as a way of trying to see the world as someone else might. It’s usually not meant literally, of course, but it […]
My book is published
I’ve posted a bit about the children’s book about glasses that I’ve been working on – it’s one that I held a Kickstarter project to raise the funding for. Well I’m […]
Reader request: anyone with a child diagnosed with CHED?
Is there anyone out there with a child diagnosed with CHED (Congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy), either recessive or dominant? Another parent is really hoping to connect others facing the […]
Survey for US parents of blind or visually-impaired children
Stephen sent the following: Greetings, I am visually impaired as are two of my daughters. I am also a firefighter and currently conducting research to see is blind and visually […]
For Little Eyes 